in. it is relentless what happened in mariupol. is there anything that gives you hope and he wouldn't or couldn't answer me. >> reporter: no reason for hope at this juncture. >> phil black, thank you very much for that. want to bring in mar marian zeblansky, a member of parliament joining us from somewhere in western ukraine. thank you for being with us. there are two stories happening in your country, this country. number one, kyiv, the effort to retake territory at the same time suffering so much. where do you see things this morning? >> from a military standpoint, we are not taking this on with